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• Issue of legal weed in Yakima County may wind up in court

  08-01-2017 23:53
  
  Yakima County prepares to decide whether to ban marijuana businesses, and faces an almost certain legal challenge if it does.
  
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• Power restored after outages impact nearly 20,000 in Seattle

  08-01-2017 21:15
  
  Nearly 20,000 homes across North Seattle were affected when power was lost for nearly three hours; Seattle City Light blames an equipment failure.
  
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• Power restored after outages hit more than 20,000 in Seattle

  08-01-2017 21:15
  
  More than 20,000 homes across North Seattle were affected when power was lost for nearly three hours; Seattle City Light blames an equipment failure.
  
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• Power outages affect more than 20,000 in North Seattle

  08-01-2017 21:15
  
  Nearly 20,000 homes across North Seattle lost power late Sunday morning.
  
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• Man injured by blast; bomb remnants found in damaged vehicle in Puyallup hospital

  08-01-2017 19:31
  
  Police responded to Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup Sunday morning after a man came into the ER early Sunday with an injury likely caused by an explosion.
  
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• Man injured by blast; bomb remnants found in damaged vehicle at Puyallup hospital

  08-01-2017 19:31
  
  Police responded to Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup Sunday morning after a man came into the ER early Sunday with an injury likely caused by an explosion.
  
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• Crash causes power outage for thousands in Tukwila

  08-01-2017 18:56
  
  Nearly 3,400 customers lost power Sunday morning after a car hit a utility pole.
  
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• Alaska volcano Q&A: Eruptions have high-flying consequences

  08-01-2017 18:33
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A remote volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands has erupted 10 times in less than a month, and experts say more eruptions are possible. Bogoslof volcano has sent up ash clouds that have reached as high as 35,000 feet. Here are answers to questions on why volcanoes in Alaska erupt so often […]
  
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• Stranded motorists pulled from flooded roads in California

  08-01-2017 18:20
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stranded motorists were pulled from cars stuck on flooded Northern California roads as thunderstorms arrived Sunday as part of a massive winter storm that could be the biggest to slam the region in more than a decade. Crews cleared trees and debris following mudslides caused by steady rain accompanying the system […]
  
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• Rivers rise as massive storm moves into Northern California

  08-01-2017 18:20
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rivers were rising and winds were whipping up across Northern California on Sunday as a massive storm that could be the biggest to slam the region in more than a decade arrived. Residents and authorities cleared storm drains and stacked sand bags, preparing for the system expected to reach full force […]
  
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• Hundreds of Nevada homes evacuated in floods along mountains

  08-01-2017 18:20
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Hundreds of homes were evacuated in northern Nevada, and stranded motorists were pulled from cars stuck on flooded Northern California roads as thunderstorms arrived as part of a massive winter storm that could be the biggest to slam the region in more than a decade. Crews in California cleared trees and […]
  
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• 1,300 Reno homes evacuated in flooding along Sierra

  08-01-2017 18:20
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 1,000 homes were evacuated in northern Nevada, and stranded motorists were pulled from cars stuck on flooded Northern California roads as thunderstorms arrived Sunday as part of a massive winter storm that could be the biggest to slam the region in more than a decade. Crews in California cleared […]
  
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• 1,300 Nevada homes evacuated in flooding along mountains

  08-01-2017 18:20
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — More than 1,000 homes were evacuated in northern Nevada, and stranded motorists were pulled from cars stuck on flooded Northern California roads as thunderstorms arrived as part of a massive winter storm that could be the biggest to slam the region in more than a decade. Crews in California cleared trees […]
  
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• The buck stops where? Case exposes rift over caring for deer

  08-01-2017 18:17
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A dramatic, ultimately tragic tussle over a one-antlered deer that somehow wandered into a tiny Manhattan park has cast a spotlight on a simple question: How much should humans step in to help troubled wildlife? Recent guidelines by New York state officials mandating limited intervention by wildlife “rehabilitators” stirred heated debate […]
  
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• Deep freeze grips Europe, threatens homeless, migrants

  08-01-2017 15:33
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Blizzards and dangerously low temperatures persisted in parts of Europe on Sunday, prompting Pope Francis to draw attention to the homeless suffering in freezing weather. In Serbia, aid workers scrambled to help hundreds of migrants sleeping rough in parks and makeshift shelters. The extreme winter weather that has gripped Europe in […]
  
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• ‘Stealth inequities’: How Washington’s education system hurts poor schools

  08-01-2017 15:00
  
  Most states build education budgets around student needs. But not Washington, where school spending is driven primarily by enrollment. As Olympia faces a deadline to find more education money overall, low-income communities question the fairness of our system.
  
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• 500 Muscovites brave intense cold for bike ride

  08-01-2017 13:50
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — For hundreds of Muscovites, the fact that the temperature had plunged to minus-27 Celsius (minus-17 F) was no reason to avoid going for a group bicycle ride. About 500 cyclists, many equipped with fur hats and other nonstandard gear, held a ride of about eight kilometers (five miles) along the Moscow River […]
  
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• Choked by smog, Beijing creates new environmental police

  08-01-2017 04:28
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Officials in Beijing are creating a new environmental police squad in the latest effort to fight China’s persistent problems with heavy smog. According to state media, Beijing’s acting mayor said Saturday that the new police force will focus on open-air barbecues, garbage incineration and the burning of wood and other biomass. Beijing […]
  
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• Blogger is asked to delete info on Oregon refuge occupation informants

  08-01-2017 03:46
  
  Federal prosecutors are trying to remove a Northern California man’s internet posts about confidential informants involved in the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last year in Oregon.
  
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• Oil drilling in Alaska refuge is again on the table

  08-01-2017 03:35
  
  Less than a month after the Obama administration announced that it was banning offshore oil and gas production in most of the Arctic, there are signs that a place many conservationists regard as the crown jewel of the Arctic could one day be open for drilling.
  
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• ‘Graffiti disrespect’ seen as motive for killing 18-year-old in Burien

  08-01-2017 03:28
  
  A 17-year-old has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Manuel Ortiz Ornelas at a Burien apartment complex.
  
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• Three die of heroin overdoses within hours on Seattle’s Aurora Avenue

  08-01-2017 02:39
  
  Three people died from heroin overdoses on Saturday and one person was taken to Harborview to be treated for an overdose, according to Seattle police. Bicycle officers are warning users along the Aurora Avenue corridor of dangerous purity levels.
  
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• County councils OK Pam Roach’s choice for state Senate replacement

  08-01-2017 02:36
  
  Phil Fortunato, a newly elected state representative, will fill the state Senate seat vacated by longtime Sen. Pam Roach’s election to the Pierce County Council. Fortunato was Roach’s preferred choice to fill the seat.
  
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• Issaquah bookbinder among handful at libraries nationwide still operating a ‘mendery’

  08-01-2017 00:25
  
  King County Library System bookbinder Donald Vass said it took him 15 years to master the skills of book mending. Here’s one how-to: Use a hypodermic needle to shoot bits of wheat paste into the corners of dog-eared covers to stiffen them.
  
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• Woman killed in California by tree toppled by gusty winds

  08-01-2017 00:10
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A woman was killed by a falling tree on a Northern California golf course as a storm packing gusty winds and steady rain began moving into the parched state Saturday. Residents and officials cleared debris from drains and readied sand bags, preparing for the storm expected to arrive overnight and drench […]
  
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• Steady rain, gusty winds sweep over Northern California

  08-01-2017 00:10
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Steady rain and gusty winds swept over Northern California as the first band of what forecasters say will be biggest storm to slam the parched state in a decade began moving into the area Saturday. Residents and officials cleared debris from drains and readied sand bags as they geared up for […]
  
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